This is an analysis of the poem Bambine that begins with:

Tu dors sous les panais, capitaine Bambine
Du remorqueur havrais l’Aimable Proserpine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaXX XXXa XbXXXXXXXbX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,11,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010010 01001010100 11111111001 111101010 10101111011 11101111111 111001110110 10110100110 1011111110111 1110011001 111101111110 11111011011100 110 10010010 11111111001 1101111111 1011111111 111001111111 101111 1111 011100010010 1011111110 101011011 1110111011 1110110110 101100111111 11101111111100 11101110110 1101111111 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l, oc, s, la, rend, terre, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words c, terre are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases assez, terre connect the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Bambine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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